Compare Riverbed Steelhead vs. Silver Peak VX
Riverbed Steelhead is ranked 3rd in WAN Optimization while Silver Peak VX is ranked 6th in WAN Optimization with 1 review. Riverbed Steelhead is rated 0, while Silver Peak VX is rated 9.0. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Silver Peak VX writes "A flexible and easy-to-deploy solution for reducing bandwidth consumption". Riverbed Steelhead is most compared with WAAS, Fortinet FortiWAN and Ipanema IpIengine, whereas Silver Peak VX is most compared with Riverbed Steelhead, Fortinet FortiWAN and NetScaler SD-WAN.
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| RIverbed Steelhead, Steelhead | VX |
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| Riverbed | Silver Peak |
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Riverbed SteelHead is the industry's #1 optimization solution for accelerated delivery of all applications across the hybrid enterprise. SteelHead also provides better visibility into application and network performance and the end user experience plus control through an application-aware approach to hybrid networking and path selection based on centralized, business intent-based policies for what you want to achieve as a business. | Silver Peak VX virtual appliances support the full list of Silver Peak WAN optimization features for maximum functionality, including data reduction, path conditioning and traffic shaping. This enables customers to overcome bandwidth, distance and quality challenges when moving data over the WAN. The WAN optimization software runs on all major hypervisors (VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, KVM) and can integrate into existing virtual infrastructures. |
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| Orasure Technologies, Energia Communications Inc., GHD, JLL, Northwest Pipe, Dudek & Associates, Lathrop & Gage, Carilion Clinic | American Student Assistance, Ares Management, Baker Hill, Community Bank, Denali Credit Union, Eagle Bank, Fidelity Bank, Steria, Synplicity, Trade Me, TeraGate, Breweries of Cameroon, Carnival Australia, Coastal Beverages, John Sands, Ivey, London Marathon, SurePrep, Yusen Logistics, ARB Corporation, Ball Corporation, Brazeway, Finisar, Vancouver School Board, North Vancouver School District, US Navy, Baptist Healthcare, Charleston Area Medical Center, Community Health Plan, Healthcare Company, Comcast, Earthlink Telecommunications, Junto Telecom |
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Government25% Energy/Utilities Company25% Comms Service Provider8% Logistics Company8% Software R&D Company30% Comms Service Provider17% Real Estate/Law Firm7% Construction Company7% | No Data Available |
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